Thursday in Arkansas

Time	Committee	Room	Agenda
10:00 a.m.	Public Health, Welfare & Labor	130	Click here
10:00 a.m.	Task Force on Abused & Neglected Children	151	Click here
1:30 p.m.	Agriculture, Forestry & Econ. Dev.	171	Click here

Time	Event	Place
11:00 a.m.	Black History Month Celebration	Capitol Rotunda
2:00 p.m.	Governor addresses the Arkansas Aerospace Summit	UALR
6:00 p.m.	First Families Exhibit Reopening Event	Old State House

Court	Oral Arguments	Today's Opinions
Supreme Court	State v. Hatchie Hunting Club	Click here (after 11:00 a.m.)
Ct of Appeals	No hearings today	No opinions released today

Time	Place	Event
11:00 a.m.	Little Rock	Reception for House Candidate Vickie Critcher
11:30 a.m.	Little Rock	Rep. Mike Patterson re-election kickoff
12:00 p.m.	Clinton School	What is Ark Doing to Close the Achievement Gap?
5:00 p.m.	Loca Luna	Friend Raiser for Ct App candidate Rita Gruber
5:30 p.m.	Alltel Arena	Ark Sports Hall of Fame 50th Anniversary
6:00 p.m.	Old State House	The First Families of Ark Exhibit Reception
6:00 p.m.	Clinton School	Women for Pres.: Media Bias in Eight Campaigns
7:00 p.m.	Harrison	Paris Je t'aime at the Ozark Art Council

Time	Place	Event
4:30 a.m.	Harvest Texarkana	Chamber Business After Hours

New York Times: For McCain, Self-Confidence on Ethics Poses Its Own Risk
Wall Street Journal: Fears of Stagflation Return
Washington Post: Lobbyist Ties Irked McCain Aides
Los Angeles Times: Navy missile strikes failing U.S. satellite
Houston Chronicle: Rallying as key debate draws near
Chicago Tribune: Clinton's Hispanic vote frays in Texas
Reuters: NY Times reports on McCain link with lobbyist

Arkansas Democrat Gazette: Overnight, gas prices rise 10¢
Arkansas Democrat Gazette: Panel praises free-market education choices
Arkansas Democrat Gazette: FORT SMITH : Barrows resigns post as director
Arkansas Democrat Gazette: State water quality list due in ’06 out at last
Arkansas Democrat Gazette: Investments in state retirement system take hit
Ark. News Bureau: Education needed on importance of broadband to rural areas
Associated Press: Up to 160 LR jobs cut in GMAC layoff
Associated Press: Ex-governor of Louisiana speaks in Arkansas
Associated Press: Testimony: More than 345K tons of waste in watershed
Associated Press: Rogers officer accused of using stun gun on cow
Associated Press: AEDC readies national marketing campaign
Associated Press: FEMA working through trailer requests

John Brummett: Odd name, odd debate
Arkansas Democrat Gazette: A new symbol
Arkansas Democrat Gazette: The snakes of Cuba
Texarkana Gazette: Easy Access
NWA Morning News: Huckabee's Road Show Still Playing
Benton County Daily Record: Trailers Trashed
Northwest Arkansas Times: Fitting punishment
Lucas Roebuck: Good Bush/Bad Bush
Jonesboro Sun: Government to give some money back
Pine Bluff Commercial: Looking forward, not to our past
Mike Masterson: Down to Atkins
Vic Harville cartoon